Sambalpur: Tension prevailed in Burla after VIMSAR director Dr. Ashwini Pujahari’s residence was attacked by some unidentified miscreants. Hundreds of locals gathered and gheraoed Burla police station demanding immediate arrest of the assailants involved in the incident.

The local residents have termed the attack on Pujahari’s residence as a conspiracy by few professors, doctors and post graduate students with vested interest.

It was alleged that Pujahari’s recent sting operation against few doctors of VIMSAR as part of his claims to streamline has not worked out well with his opponents.

Pujahari had earlier cracked a whip on erring VIMSAR doctors who were doing private practice during their duty hours. He had earlier caught few doctors ‘red handed’ in different sting operations.